Dicerca obscura is a species of brownish-black coloured beetle from Chrysochroinae subfamily which is found in central and eastern USA and Canada, where it feeds on various persimmon species (including Diospyros virginiana) and staghorn sumac.[1]

Dicerca obscura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Dicerca
Species:
D. obscura
Binomial name
Dicerca obscura
(Fabricius, 1781)

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  1. ^ Henry Skinner (1919). "Entomological News". 30–31. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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